Due to environmental and ethical concerns, meat analogs represent an emerging trend to
replace traditional animal meat. However, meat analogs lacking specific sensory properties …

Silk is mostly known as a luxurious textile, which originates from silkworms first cultivated in
China. A deeper look into the variety of silk reveals that it can be used for much more, in …

More than 400 million years of natural selection acting throughout the arthropoda has
resulted in highly specialized and energetically efficient processes to produce protein-based …

Protein-based composite biomaterials have been actively pursued as they can encompass a
range of physical properties to accommodate a broader spectrum of functional requirements …

Biomedical textiles and fiber‐based implants (BTFIs) have been in routine clinical use to
facilitate healing for nearly five decades. Amongst the variety of biomaterials used, silk …

This chapter deals with the structure, properties and applications of natural fibres. Extraction
methods of Natural Fibres from different sources have been discussed in detail. Natural …

Due to its multifunctional and complex role in the honey bee colony functioning and health
(construction material allowing food storage, brood rearing, thermoregulation, mediation in …

Effective drug delivery is essential for the success of a medical treatment. Polymeric drug
delivery systems (DDSs) are preferred over systemic administration of drugs due to their …

Elastin-like polypeptides (ELP) are artificial, genetically encodable biopolymers, belonging
to elastomeric proteins, which are widespread in a wide range of living organisms. They are …

Silk, especially spider and insect silk, is a highly versatile biomaterial with potential
applications in biomedicine, materials science, and biomimetic engineering. The primary …